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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Top 10 NA Cosplayers

Last year I posted a list of the Top Cosplayers in North America. Then I was looking at Facebook and Twitter numbers, now I've added in Instagram. The results are published below.

Here is a look at this list as of June 1, 2015.

NameWhereFacebook Rank
2014 Rank
Jessica NigriPhoenix
1
1
Yaya HanGeorgia
2
2
Holly WolfToronto, CAN
3
-
Nicole Marie Jean Boston
4
4
Meg TurneyAustin
5
-
Liz KatsL.A.
6
6
Kristen HugheySouth Carolina
7
5
Ani-MiaWashington
8
6
Lindsay ElyseArizona
9
-
Stella ChuuNew York
10
10

For every one Twitter follower, the average Cosplayer has 4.6 Facebook Followers.



NameWhereTwitter RankTwitter 2014
Adrian CurryChicago
1
-
Jessica NigriPhoenix
2
1
Meg TurneyAustin
3
-
Yaya HanGeorgia
4
2
Chloe DykstraLos Angeles
5
-
Monica Lee Georgia 
6
4
Anna Faith
Florida
7
-
Angie GriffinBakersfield
8
-
Lindsay ElyseArizona
9
8
Ivy DoomkittyLos Angeles
10
-


The new factor is Instagram, last year I didn't have this on the list, but it definitely seems to be a social media powerhouse. The average Cosplayer has 3.1x as many Facebook followers as they have Instagram followers.





Name
WhereInstagram Rank
Jessica NigriPhoenix
1
Anna FaithGeorgia
2
Lindsay ElyseArizona
3
Meg TurneyAustin
4
Yaya Han Atlanta
5
Vampy BitmeSan Jose   
6
LexusFlorida 
7
Christine H McConnellLos Angeles
8
Holly WolfToronto, CAN
9
Traci HinesCalifornia 
10




Once you put it all together things shift, but the same people are involved.


Name
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Combined Score
Jessica Nigri
1
2
1
1.3
Meg Turney
5
3
4
4.0
Yaya Han
3
4
5
4.0
Lindsay Elyse
9
9
3
7.0
Monica Lee
16
6
11
11
Nicole Marie Jean
4
18
-
11
Liz Kats
16
14
12
Anna Faith
27
7
2
12
Riddle
14
11
-
12.5
Ani-Mia8
15
16
13.0
What other traceable factors could be included in such a ranking? All of these cosplayers travel and do a great job of promoting our medium, and they do lots of conventions. That's why I started the list in the first place, to help decide who our local convention should invite.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Top 10 Canadian Cosplayers

Marie-Claude Bourbonnais
Fantastic Four's Sue Richards
Photo by: jeffzoet.com/
Province: Quebec
Facebook: 199,653
Twitter: 18.687
Instagram: 28,667








Assassin's Creed's Edward Kenway
Naomi Von Kreeps
Province: Ontario
Facebook: 83,461
Twitter: 10,800
Instagram: 10,163





Dragon Age's Cole
Photo by: Nova Vandorwolf 
Twin Fools
Province: British Columbia
Facebook: 24,012
Twitter: 9,776
Instagram: 11,214





ZombieBitMe
Photo by: Jason Chau
Zombie Bit Me
Province: Ontario 
Facebook: 21,257
Twitter: 14,760
Instagram: 7,214








Photo by: Dale L
Bloody Queen
Province: British Columbia
Facebook: 14,667







Vivid Vision
Photo by: Randy Gee
Vivid Vision
Province: Alberta
Facebook: 19,337
Twitter: 2,894
Instagram: 13,411







Kieran Strange
Photo by: Broken CRT
Kieran Strange
Province: British Columbia
Facebook: 5,095









Photo by: Marshall Esparrago
Mandee Sim
Province: Alberta
Facebook: 14,633
Twitter: 1,820
Instagram: 18, 023






DC's Catwoman
Photo by: Addy Davies

Dayna Baby Lou
Province: British Columbia
Facebook: 205,684
Twitter: 4,359
Instagram: 2,735








Star War's Mara Jade
Photo by: Kevin Free
Tali
Province: British Columbia
Facebook: 18,863
Twitter: 2,885
Instagram: 9,560






You may notice that this list isn't sorted by Facebook followers. Instead I used an algorithm to score followers in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You'll see that while Dayna Baby Lou, a Pin-up model turned Cosplayer (nothing wrong with that), has 205K on Facebook, her Twitter and Instagram numbers really fall behind. This is why she's 8th and not 1st.

If you have a Facebook page, you might notice that you've lost followers of late. This isn't because of anything you're doing wrong, Facebook has been purging fake accounts, and fake followers.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Top Cosplayers

There may be a lot of discussion as to who the top cosplayers are. Opinions can vary greatly depending on what you think makes a Top Cosplayer; contests won, number of different costumes, conventions attended, but the easier factors to track are Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers. While these numbers may not be most reliable or scientific, they are socially telling. How many people think you are worth following and reading posts from?

Using a spreadsheet and a few tools it is possible to track and list the Top Cosplayers in North America by their fanbase. I have to say I was a little surprised by some of the results, and happy to find people that I hadn't heard of before while researching this. Here is a look at this list as of May 1, 2014.

NameWhereFacebook Rank
Jessica NigriPhoenix
1
Yaya HanGeorgia
2
Liz KatsL.A.
3
Nicole Marie Jean Boston
4
Kristen HugheySouth Carolina 
5
Ani-MiaWashington
6
Abby Dark StarOakland, CA
7
HeatherFlorida
8
Amie LynnArizona
9
Stella ChuuNew York
10

Facebook seems to have a good spread of the country covered with representation. Once we look at Twitter though the demographics shift to Georgia and Los Angeles, and we see a few different names

NameWhereTwitter Rank
Jessica NigriPhoenix
1
Yaya HanGeorgia
2
Vampy BitmeSan Jose
3
Monica Lee Georgia
4
Melonie MacGeorgia 
5
RiddleGeorgia 
6
Liz KatsLos Angeles 
7
Lindsay Elyse Arizona 
8
Raychul Moore Los Angeles
9
Ivy DoomkittyLos Angeles
10

Once you put it all together things shift, but the same people are involved.

Name
WhereCombined Score
Jessica NigriPhoenix
1
Yaya HanGeorgia
2
Liz KatsLos Angeles
5
RiddleGeorgia
8.5
Nicole Marie Jean Boston
9
Amie LynnArizona  
10
Vampy BitmeSan Jose, CA  
11.5
Ani-MiaWashington
11.5
Ivy DoomkittyLos Angeles
12
Kristen HugheySouth Carolina 
12

What other traceable factors could be included in such a ranking? All of these cosplayers travel and do a great job of promoting our medium, and they do lots of conventions. That's why I started the list in the first place, to help decide who our local convention should invite.

Between May 1 and June 21, I found 3 people that should have been in the top ten in these lists.

Meg Turney should be # 4 on Facebook and #2 on the Twitter list.
Holly Conrad was missing and should be #8 on Facebook.
Chloe Dyksrta should be # 4 on Twitter, her dad worked on Star Wars (Episode IV)

I have to wonder who else I'm missing. If you know someone comment below or e-mail me. Before I get to flooded with emails, let me quantify the list, must live in Canada or the USA, must have more than a 5,000 Facebook followers or 2,000 on Twitter.


Friday, October 19, 2012

Top Halloween Costumes

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A recent look at a few on-line Halloween costumes shops, and I've been able to put together this years list of  top costumes.

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Men
Women
1JokerMiss Edward Scissorhands
2Assassin's CreedPirate
3BatmanWonder Woman
4Captain AmericaBlack Widow
5Top GunBatgirl